Motorsport Academy to attend Historic Motorsport Show

The Motorsport Academy is to attend Race Retro – the International Historic Motorsport Show, Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, March 23-25 – where it will share a stand with the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA).

Among its ongoing tasks are to effect an improvement in the skills and qualifications of those entering the UK motorsport industry, and it will use the show as a forum to find potential education and training partners with whom it can address the historic sector’s three prime needs:

Supervisory and business skills
Advanced Apprenticeships in Motorsport Engineering
Craft skills

To assist the cause, the Motorsport Academy’s show stand is adjacent to an area dedicated to education and training providers especially interested in this sector.

Exhibitors so far include the University of Derby; Swansea Institute of Higher Education; Staffordshire University; North West Kent College; Sandwell College and Oxford & Cherwell Valley College. Coleg Sir Gar is also keen to demonstrate its expertise in reverse engineering technology.

Said David Allison of the Motorsport Academy, “This is an ideal opportunity for us to counsel a wide range of businesses about what skills and qualifications they will need their employees to possess in the future. We will then work closely with relevant universities, colleges and other training providers to ensure the very highest levels of training for these learners.

“The show will also give us the chance to talk directly to people looking for employment in the motorsport industry, for whom we have appointed a dedicated support team that can assist in finding the jobs they want.

“Finally, we will be highlighting to the many small businesses present some of the potential issues that low volume employers now face in the area of HR law. Moreover, we will be offering our solutions to help them cope with the ongoing changes concerned.”